BILLING CODE: 7515-01U
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-24-0015; NARA-2024-044]
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments.
SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes
notice of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records
schedules). We publish notice in the Federal Register and on regulations.gov for records
schedules in which agencies propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct
agency business. We invite public comments on such records schedules.
DATES: We must receive responses on the schedules listed in this notice by August 26,
2024.
ADDRESSES: To view a records schedule in this notice, or submit a comment on one,
use the following address: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NARA-240015/document. This is a direct link to the schedules posted in the docket for this notice
on regulations.gov. You may submit comments by the following method:
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Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. On the website, enter
either of the numbers cited at the top of this notice into the search field. This will
bring you to the docket for this notice, in which we have posted the records schedules
open for comment. Each schedule has a ‘comment’ button so you can comment on
that specific schedule. For more information on regulations.gov and on submitting
comments, see their FAQs at https://www.regulations.gov/faq.

If you are unable to comment via regulations.gov, you may email us at
request.schedule@nara.gov for instructions on submitting your comment. You must cite
the control number of the schedule you wish to comment on. You can find the control

number for each schedule in parentheses at the end of each schedule’s entry in the list at
the end of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Germino, Strategy and
Performance Division, by email at regulation_comments@nara.gov or at 301-837-3758.
For information about records schedules, contact Records Management Operations by
email at request.schedule@nara.gov or by phone at 301-837-1799.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public comment procedures
We are publishing notice of records schedules in which agencies propose to dispose of
records they no longer need to conduct agency business. We invite public comments on
these records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a), and list the schedules at the
end of this notice by agency and subdivision requesting disposition authority.
In addition, this notice lists the organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or
states that the schedule has agency-wide applicability. It also provides the control number
assigned to each schedule, which you will need if you submit comments on that schedule.
We have uploaded the records schedules and accompanying appraisal memoranda to the
regulations.gov docket for this notice as “other” documents. Each records schedule
contains a full description of the records at the file unit level as well as their proposed
disposition. The appraisal memorandum for the schedule includes information about the
records.
We will post comments, including any personal information and attachments, to
the public docket unchanged. Because comments are public, you are responsible for
ensuring that you do not include any confidential or other information that you or a third
party may not wish to be publicly posted. If you want to submit a comment with
confidential information or cannot otherwise use the regulations.gov portal, you may
contact request.schedule@nara.gov for instructions on submitting your comment.

We will consider all comments submitted by the posted deadline and consult as
needed with the Federal agency seeking the disposition authority. After considering
comments, we may or may not make changes to the proposed records schedule. The
schedule is then sent for final approval by the Archivist of the United States. After the
schedule is approved, we will post on regulations.gov a "Consolidated Reply"
summarizing the comments, responding to them, and noting any changes we made to the
proposed schedule. You may elect at regulations.gov to receive updates on the docket,
including an alert when we post the Consolidated Reply, whether or not you submit a
comment. If you have a question, you can submit it as a comment, and can also submit
any concerns or comments you would have to a possible response to the question. We
will address these items in consolidated replies along with any other comments submitted
on that schedule.
We will post schedules on our website in the Records Control Schedule (RCS)
Repository, at https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs, after the Archivist approves
them. The RCS contains all schedules approved since 1973.
Background
Each year, Federal agencies create billions of records. To control this accumulation,
agency records managers prepare schedules proposing retention periods for records and
submit these schedules for NARA’s approval. Once approved by NARA, records
schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when no longer
needed for current Government business. The records schedules authorize agencies to
preserve records of continuing value in the National Archives or to destroy, after a
specified period, records lacking continuing administrative, legal, research, or other
value. Some schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or one
of its major subdivisions. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office or

program or a few series of records. Many of these update previously approved schedules,
and some include records proposed as permanent.
Agencies may not destroy Federal records without the approval of the Archivist of
the United States. The Archivist grants this approval only after thorough consideration of
the records’ administrative use by the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and
of private people directly affected by the Government's activities, and whether or not the
records have historical or other value. Public review and comment on these records
schedules is part of the Archivist’s consideration process.
Schedules Pending:
1. Department of the Army, Agency-wide, Centralized Aviation Flight Records
System (CAFRS) (DAA-AU-2023-0001).
2. Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Information Assurance
(Cybersecurity Mission) Records (DAA-0457-2024-0002).
3. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, Records of the Foreign Service
Institute (DAA-0059-2020-0010).
4. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Records of
Government Securities Regulations Staff (DAA-0425-2024-0002).
5. American Battle Monuments Commission, Agency-wide, Cemetery Operations
and Support Services Records (DAA-0117-2023-0004).
6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency-wide, Aircraft
Operations Records (DAA-0255-2024-0004).
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2024-15010 Filed: 7/8/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/9/2024]